TIL that barrel bombs are basically huge IEDs dropped from the air from any old aircraft or helicopter. Probably lower tech than even WW II
Barrel bombs are ~= Dresden, not smart bombs, but good motif for 2016. English connotation of fish-in-a-barrel works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_bomb …
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Recall reading about such devices delivered by Irgun (?) terrorists via rolling them off a truck at bus stops during British mandate
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due to lack of precision, far higher collateral damage, civilian deaths etc.
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I'll leave you to google that...
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